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How much would each hospital lose?

12/08/11 © Health News Florida

Gov. Rick Scott's proposed budget would inflict particular pain on hospitals that treat large numbers of Medicaid patients, but the amount of the pain varies.

A preliminary analysis from the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, updated Thursday afternoon, indicates the hardest-hit would be Jackson Memorial, at $133.5 million.

Next-highest is Shands Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, with estimated losses of more than $60 million.

Here is the updated list:

--Miami Children’s: $34.4 million

--All Children’s, St. Petersburg: $38.9 million

--Shands-Gainesville: $51.8 million

--Jackson Memorial, Miami: $133.5 million

--Mount Sinai, Miami Beach: $237,749

--Shands-Jacksonville: $13.6 million

--Tampa General: $32.5 million

--Orlando Health: $937,187

--Broward Health, Fort Lauderdale: $42.2 million

--Memorial Healthcare, Fort Lauderdale: $58.4 million

--Lee Memorial, Fort Myers: $20.9 million

--Sacred Heart, Pensacola: $3.7 million

--Bay Medical, Panama City: $2.6 million

--Sarasota Memorial: $9 million

--Halifax Medical Center, Daytona Beach: $2.8 million

Medicaid rates vary within a community because hospitals that offer specialized levels of care, such as trauma centers and neonatal units, have higher average costs.
 

 
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